WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Suraya Pakzad still receives death threats for teaching women how to read and write in Taliban-controlled parts of Afghanistan .

Suraya Pakzad tells CNN any deal between the U.S. and Taliban moderates should consider women 's concerns .

'' -LSB- When -RSB- I go to the office I do n't use the same way ... every day , '' she told CNN 's Carol Costello . `` I can not share my schedule even with my friends , with my staff and even sometimes I 'm not secure talking on phone . ''

Pakzad is one of several Afghan women 's rights advocates who are in the U.S. capital this week to address a move the Obama administration is considering : reaching out to Taliban moderates in an effort to bring peace to Afghanistan .

She took part in a hearing on Capitol Hill -- sponsored by Sens. Mary Landrieu , D-Louisiana , and Richard Lugar , R-Indiana -- titled `` Women Shaping Afghanistan 's Future . ''

Last weekend , President Obama told The New York Times that he is willing to talk to some members of the Taliban .

Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he agreed with a recent assessment by Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke that only about 5 percent of the Taliban is `` incorrigible , not susceptible to anything other than being defeated . ''

`` It is worth engaging and determining whether or not there are those -LSB- in the Taliban -RSB- who are willing to participate in a secure and stable Afghan state , '' he said .

But Pakzad wants U.S. lawmakers to put women 's rights at the forefront of any deal with Taliban moderates . She warned that the negotiations described by Obama and Biden could threaten the hard-won gains in women 's rights in Afghanistan over the past seven years .

`` It makes me scared and everybody has the fear that one day -LSB- the Taliban -RSB- will be back again , '' Pakzad said . Watch Pakzad describe what females face in Afghanistan ''

Pakzad , a mother of six , founded a secret organization in 1988 to provide Afghan women with shelter from domestic violence and to teach them to read . The Taliban advocate a strict interpretation of Islamic law , or sharia , that denies women basic rights , including an education .

When the Taliban were driven from power in 2001 , Pakzad 's Voice of Women Organization emerged from secrecy to expand its efforts to give women rights in the home , schools , the workplace , and the legislature .

She was recognized for her efforts last year when she was awarded the 2008 International Women of Courage Award .

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will bestow the honor on eight other women on Wednesday , including Wazhma Frogh , an Afghan woman who heads Global Rights , which fights against domestic violence , marital and child rape , and sexual abuse in Afghanistan .

By one measure , Pakzad and other women 's rights groups have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams : The government in Kabul says 2 million girls now attend school in Afghanistan .

But even now , women are still targets of domestic violence , and Afghan girls have been attacked for attending school . During her confirmation hearings , Clinton condemned one brutal attack in which men on motorcycles threw acid on two schoolgirls in November .

`` This is not culture , '' Clinton said . `` This is not custom . This is criminal . ''

Pakzad expresses hope that Clinton and other members of the Obama administration will raise those concerns when moving forward with any policy of negotiating with the Taliban . She said she hopes that one day , Afghan women will secure the same rights that American women have achieved .

`` My hope for my daughters , for the next generation ... is that they should enjoy their freedom , '' she said . '' -LSB- I -RSB- hope they have a country free of inequality , free of violence against women , and hopefully they will get that opportunity . ''

CNN 's Bob Ruff contributed to this report .

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Suraya Pakzad and other Afghan women 's rights advocates visit Washington

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They 're urging the U.S. to be careful in making any deal with Taliban moderates

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Pakzad says a U.S.-Taliban deal could threaten Afghan women 's hard-won rights

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`` It makes me scared '' that Taliban might regain strength , Pakzad says